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Ed Chlebek

1976-1982Boston College, Eastern Michigan, Kent State

3 schools coached, anchored by Boston College.

Ed Chlebek coached 7 seasons, won 33.8%, and posted an average SRS of -11.0. Best season: 1980 Boston College. The profile was defense-first with a highly volatile profile. 3 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

26-51

Career Win %

33.8%

Seasons

7

Career Span

7 years

Average SRS

-11.0

Peak SRS

6.4

Best Finish

Consistency

7.7

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Ed Chlebek
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Ed Chlebek: 1978 Boston CollegeEd Chlebek: 1981 Kent State
1976Actual season year • SRS range -28.1 to 6.41982

Active comparison point

Ed Chlebek1980

Selected

1980 Boston College

Best season

7-4 • SRS 6.4 • SP Overall 14.7

Win %

63.6%

YoY SRS

+6.4

SP Off / Def

28.6 / 14.2

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Kent State

1981-19822 seasons

Avg SRS -20.6 • Win % 18.2%

Boston College

1978-19803 seasons

Avg SRS -1.6 • Win % 36.4%

Eastern Michigan

1976-19772 seasons

Avg SRS -15.4 • Win % 45.5%

Longest Tenure

Boston College • 3 seasons

Best Tenure

Boston College • -1.6 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Eastern Michigan • 45.5%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Ed Chlebek sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Ed Chlebek sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Ed Chlebek

Lower end

Raw avg SP Overall: -6.8

36th pct

Lower end

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Kent State

1981-19824-18

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -20.6Win % 18.2%

Avg wins

Higher is better

2.0 during vs 4.4 baseline

-2.4

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-20.6 during vs -15.1 baseline

-5.5

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-13.3 during vs -9.8 baseline

-3.5

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Boston College

1978-198012-21

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -1.6Win % 36.4%

Avg wins

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 7.2 baseline

-3.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-1.6 during vs 6.8 baseline

-8.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.0 during vs 5.3 baseline

-7.3

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Eastern Michigan

1976-197710-12

Baseline comparison is omitted when there are not enough outside-tenure seasons for this program.

Avg SRS -15.4Win % 45.5%
No school baseline data available for this tenure.

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Boston College 1980

7-4SRS 6.4

Biggest Improvement

Eastern Michigan 1977

8-313.8 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Boston College 1980

7-4SP Off 28.6

Best Defensive Season

Boston College 1980

7-4SP Def 14.2

Setbacks

Worst Season

Kent State 1982

0-11SRS -28.1

Biggest Drop

Kent State 1981

4-7-19.5 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Kent State19821101100.0%-28.1-17.210.928.1-15.0-36.4%
Kent State19811147036.4%-13.1-9.412.721.0-19.5-27.3%
Boston College19801174063.6%6.414.728.614.2+6.4+18.2%
Boston College19791156045.5%0.0-0.523.323.5+11.1+45.5%
Boston College19781101100.0%-11.1-20.115.734.6-2.6-72.7%
Eastern Michigan19771183072.7%-8.5-2.020.422.5+13.8+54.5%
Eastern Michigan19761129018.2%-22.3-13.022.733.9

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